On Sunday, Mr Macron met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to take part in Germany’s national remembrance day for the victims of war. At their second meeting in a week, the two leaders put on a show of unity against the rise of nationalism and populism in the era of Donald Trump.

Witnessing the tens of thousands of people attending an anti-racism concert in the eastern German city of Chemnitz was heart-warming. It was as much a spontaneous occasion as it was an organized event, in response to a recent wave of violent ultra-right and neo-Nazi demonstrations after a Syrian and an Iraqi were revealed to be suspects in a fatal stabbing incident.

Seyyed Ali Salehpour told a meeting to review investment and economic development of North Khorasan province that German exports to Iran hit 2.9 billion dollars in 2017 while Iran’s exports to the country reached 500 million dollars.

European Union leaders gather in Brussels on Sunday in an attempt to bridge their deep divisions over migration, an issue that has been splitting them for years and now poses a fresh threat to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The EU must increase pressure on Russia to change its behaviour in the many crises in which it is involved, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Brussels on April 13, ahead of Monday’s EU Foreign Affairs Council.

Nato must improve its defensive capabilities and willingness to act in the wake of increasingly aggressive and unpredictable actions by Russia, the head of the transatlantic alliance said in a German newspaper interview published on Sunday.